On August 10, 2014 Bangladesh army tortured and murdered Timir Baran Chakma (52) in custody in Matiranga, Khagrachari district. Bangladesh army murdered him in Washu Rubber Plantation in Indramuni Para, Matiranga Upazila, Khagrachari Hill District in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh. Bangladesh army fabricated an illegal firearms ownership case against Timir Baran Chakma and tortured him to death. Bangladesh army did not return his body to his family for last religious rite, instead Bangladesh army secretly cremated his body to conceal the murder.

Bengali settlers torture indigenous Chakma Buddhists in Baghaichari

On 28 Feb l995, Bangladesh army and Muslim settlers severely beat many indigenous people in Baghaichari Bazaar. Some of the victims were:

1. Mr. Palak Talukder (23), son of Mr. Lalit Baran Talukder of Jibangachara village in Baghaichari, Rangamati
2. Mr. Tantu Chakma (22), son of Mr. Bhramesh Chakma of above address
3. Mr. Lalit Ratan Chakma (6O), son of Mr. Sura Sen Chakma of above address
4. Mr. Kalpataru Chakma(26), son of Mr. Chitta R. Chakma of said address

India was partitioned on the basis of religion in 1947. 98.5% of the CHT population was non-Muslim during the partition. The indigenous people of CHT opted to join either India or Burma. But Muslim League conspired with the Boundary Commission and illegally annexed CHT with East Pakistan in violation of the principle of partition. Successive Bangladesh governments have been sponsoring Muslim settlers from plain land to dilute the indigenous people of CHT.

Bangladesh army's role in CHT is to protect the Muslim settlers and carry out massacre, land grab, rape, religious persecution and ethnic cleansing against indigenous Buddhist, Hindu and Animist people in CHT.

Bangladesh army restricts access to Chittagong Hill Tracts to foreign media and tourists. According to IWGIA, Bangladesh army and DGFI train and harbour Islamic extremists in CHT to launch terrorist attack against Myanmar.

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